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A watchman at the English & Durland Lumber Yard on North Main Street, Pittston, heard five gunshots just after 2 a.m. on July 16, 1925.<\/p>\n
Rushing to the area where he heard the shots, the watchman, Thomas Miller, found the bullet-ridden body of 42-year-old Paul Richlemi, a father of seven children, who lived at 60 Bolin Ave., Pittston.<\/p>\n
\u201cA membership card of the Pittston Aerie of Eagles identified the body as Richlemi,\u201d the Times Leader Evening News reported on July 16, 1925.<\/p>\n
Pittston policeman Thomas Sheridan had passed the lumber yard minutes before the gunshots were heard.<\/p>\n
Richlemi was killed as he was passing the Cyclone Machine Works building located within the lumber yard. After he was identified, the police learned Richlemi had attended a party in Hughestown with former Pittstonian Frank Rau.<\/p>\n
Rau was detained after being found at the Hotel Keating in Pittston.<\/p>\n
\u201cRau denied any connection to the shooting, although he admitted that the two had been together for a time during the night. Grilled by detectives at police headquarters, Rau asserted his innocence, declaring that he left Richlemi before the shooting,\u201d the Times Leader reported.<\/p>\n
Richlemi and Rau attended a party in Hughestown that drew nearly 30 people. John Garrett, a former police chief in Hughestown, told policemen in Pittston that he saw Richlemi and Rau leave together.<\/p>\n
A post-mortem examination revealed Richlemi sustained four gunshot wounds to his chest.<\/p>\n
A coroner\u2019s inquest was held in Pittston on July 17, 1925, which officially stated Richlemi was killed by an unknown assailant.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrank Rau, held as a suspect following the murder of Paul Richlemi in Pittston, has been released,\u201d the Times Leader reported on July 17, 1925.<\/p>\n
The story reported Rau had a \u201csatisfactorily\u201d alibi that he was sleeping in his room at the Hotel Keating when Richlemi was gunned down.<\/p>\n
Policemen believed robbery was the motive due to the position of Richlemi\u2019s body.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man\u2019s arms were evidently raised above his head as he fell before a barrage of bullets. It may have been possible that the man was the victim of highwaymen,\u201d the Times Leader reported of the coroner\u2019s inquest.<\/p>\n
No one has ever been arrested for Richlemi\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
Richlemi was buried in St. John\u2019s Cemetery in Pittston.<\/p>\n
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